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Thursday, February 21, 2008
I love Chex Mix. It is a love that knows no bounds. If, sometime in the future, I am commissioned to film a Chex Mix commercial, I would demand payment in the form of a life-time supply of Bold, Peanut, Cheddar, Chocolate, Caramel, and of course, Traditional Chex Mix. Who knows how many bags I could eat in a life time! I would pick out every bagel chip from the Traditional and Bold, find every densely coated square in the Cheddar, eat every M&M knock off candy from the Chocolate, and pour the crumbs into a big bowl and use a spoon.
I can't exactly pin point the exact moment that I feel in love. When it came to cereal, I always went with then sugary, chocolatey variety (but never Lucky Charms; those weren't marshmallows- they were lies). Chex was the cereal left in the pantry the day before mom went shopping. 'Hm, Chex or Total... decisions...". However, when you cover Chex in practically anything, those little crispy grids become windows of opportunity. Does anyone remember Chex covered in chocolate and powdered sugar? Big hits with the den-mother crowd. If anyone knows the recipe please e-mail me at Uncommon_Productions@gmail.com.
My only probem with Chex Mix is this: the big '40% Less Fat' on the front. Like all diet-related advertising, or advertising in general for that matter, this is very deceiving. I usually shy away the big BJ's bags when shopping because they imply 'This will last me a while!' when it really means 'I can pick out all the bagels chips in a night!'. I recomend the single serving bags. Nobody ever measured out the servings. And if you are someone who does, you're probably too skinny anway, you could use a big bag of Chex Mix. Treat yourself. For me a serving of Chex Mix is 'until I don't want anymore', which means never. 40% Less Fat only works if you only satisfy 40% of your hunger (this is not a scientific statement. More like a metaphor. A bad metaphor). In conclusion, I'll need to stay away from Chex Mix. At least until I'm skinny again.
Ha, and I never thought I'd write anything of substance here...
Labels: Commentary
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Hey Orson, is that a snow globe in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
2 comments Posted by Allison at 7:42 PMWe watched Citizen Kane in Film today. I was expecting it to be rather boring, based on what I had previously heard about the film. I was pleasantly surprised. At times it grew a bit long winded, but for the most part, it kept my attention through all 2 hours. Also, Orson Welles was rather dashing in his younger years. Like a more articulate, less buff Marlon Brando. However, as I was IMDB-ing the movie, it turns out that the make-up crew worked harder on him when he was paying his own age (he was 25 when filming began. Holy shit, a 25 year old directed the greatest movie of all time? I'm almost 25. I have to get my shit together) than when he was playing an old man. But it wasn't just his appearances. He has an incredible command of the screen. His voice is incredibly prominent. A strange mix between super sexy and and suave, yet at the same time, almost a little bit creepy. I can understand how this is a very important movie, but the greatest movie of all time? I'll have to wait until we dissect it in class tomorrow before I pass fair judgement on that one.
*spoiler alert lol omg*
One thing that I still don't get, if 'rosebud' is supposed to be something he lost (I get that it represents the family he never had and all that jazz) why did he have the freaking thing in storage? I figured the movie would end with a flashback to the sled covered in snow. And maybe a gust of wind would blow off the snow enough so that you could make out the title and then go "ohhh it was his sled that he left in Bumblefuck Colorodo." Or maybe you were supposed to think 'he had rosebud all along!' I'll probably retract most of this tomorrow.
AFI TOP 100 MOVIES
Bolded movies have been viewed.
1 CITIZEN KANE
2 THE GODFATHER
3 CASABLANCA
4 RAGING BULL
5 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
6 GONE WITH THE WIND
7 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
8 SCHINDLER'S LIST
9 VERTIGO
10 WIZARD OF OZ, THE
11 CITY LIGHTS
12 SEARCHERS, THE
13 STAR WARS
14 PSYCHO
15 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
16 SUNSET BLVD.
17 GRADUATE, THE
18 GENERAL, THE
19 ON THE WATERFRONT
20 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
21 CHINATOWN
22 SOME LIKE IT HOT
23 GRAPES OF WRATH, THE
24 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
25 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
26 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
27 HIGH NOON
28 ALL ABOUT EVE
29 DOUBLE INDEMNITY
30 APOCALYPSE NOW
31 MALTESE FALCON, THE
32 GODFATHER PART II, THE
33 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
34 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
35 ANNIE HALL
36 BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE
37 BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE
38 TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE
39 DR. STRANGELOVE
40 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE
41 KING KONG
42 BONNIE AND CLYDE
43 MIDNIGHT COWBOY
44 PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE
45 SHANE
46 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
47 STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A
48 REAR WINDOW
49 INTOLERANCE
50 LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE
51 WEST SIDE STORY
52 TAXI DRIVER
53 DEER HUNTER, THE
54 M*A*S*H
55 NORTH BY NORTHWEST
56 JAWS
57 ROCKY
58 GOLD RUSH, THE
59 NASHVILLE
60 DUCK SOUP
61 SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
62 AMERICAN GRAFFITI
63 CABARET
64 NETWORK
65 AFRICAN QUEEN, THE
66 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
67 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
68 UNFORGIVEN
69 TOOTSIE
70 CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A
71 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
72 SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE
73 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
74 SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE
75 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
76 FORREST GUMP
77 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
78 MODERN TIMES
79 WILD BUNCH, THE
80 APARTMENT, THE
81 SPARTACUS
82 SUNRISE
83 TITANIC
84 EASY RIDER
85 NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A
86 PLATOON
87 12 ANGRY MEN
88 BRINGING UP BABY
89 SIXTH SENSE, THE
90 SWING TIME
91 SOPHIE'S CHOICE
92 GOODFELLAS
93 FRENCH CONNECTION, THE
94 PULP FICTION
95 LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE
96 DO THE RIGHT THING
97 BLADE RUNNER
98 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
99 TOY STORY
100 BEN-HUR
36/100
1 CITIZEN KANE
2 THE GODFATHER
3 CASABLANCA
4 RAGING BULL
5 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
6 GONE WITH THE WIND
7 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
8 SCHINDLER'S LIST
9 VERTIGO
10 WIZARD OF OZ, THE
11 CITY LIGHTS
12 SEARCHERS, THE
13 STAR WARS
14 PSYCHO
15 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
16 SUNSET BLVD.
17 GRADUATE, THE
18 GENERAL, THE
19 ON THE WATERFRONT
20 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
21 CHINATOWN
22 SOME LIKE IT HOT
23 GRAPES OF WRATH, THE
24 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
25 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
26 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
27 HIGH NOON
28 ALL ABOUT EVE
29 DOUBLE INDEMNITY
30 APOCALYPSE NOW
31 MALTESE FALCON, THE
32 GODFATHER PART II, THE
33 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
34 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
35 ANNIE HALL
36 BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE
37 BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE
38 TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE
39 DR. STRANGELOVE
40 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE
41 KING KONG
42 BONNIE AND CLYDE
43 MIDNIGHT COWBOY
44 PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE
45 SHANE
46 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
47 STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A
48 REAR WINDOW
49 INTOLERANCE
50 LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE
51 WEST SIDE STORY
52 TAXI DRIVER
53 DEER HUNTER, THE
54 M*A*S*H
55 NORTH BY NORTHWEST
56 JAWS
57 ROCKY
58 GOLD RUSH, THE
59 NASHVILLE
60 DUCK SOUP
61 SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
62 AMERICAN GRAFFITI
63 CABARET
64 NETWORK
65 AFRICAN QUEEN, THE
66 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
67 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
68 UNFORGIVEN
69 TOOTSIE
70 CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A
71 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
72 SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE
73 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
74 SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE
75 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
76 FORREST GUMP
77 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
78 MODERN TIMES
79 WILD BUNCH, THE
80 APARTMENT, THE
81 SPARTACUS
82 SUNRISE
83 TITANIC
84 EASY RIDER
85 NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A
86 PLATOON
87 12 ANGRY MEN
88 BRINGING UP BABY
89 SIXTH SENSE, THE
90 SWING TIME
91 SOPHIE'S CHOICE
92 GOODFELLAS
93 FRENCH CONNECTION, THE
94 PULP FICTION
95 LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE
96 DO THE RIGHT THING
97 BLADE RUNNER
98 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
99 TOY STORY
100 BEN-HUR
36/100
Sunday, February 17, 2008
So, I totally forgot the whole "take 12 pictures on the 12th day of every month thing." Therefore, I shall make up for that by taking 24 pictures on the 24th. That's next sunday. I think I can remember that.
In other news, I didn't get into Picasso. Tom Reign has broken my heart. No, not really. I think I'm going to be co-props master with Mama Raven, so that should be fun. I still get to be involved and not so much in a late-night-tech way. Awesome.
I managed to cross off another movie from the AFI Top 100 Movies list (goal number 62). My Film as Art Class watched 'Rear Window' which falls at number 48 on the list. I really enjoyed it. It seemed different than other Hitchcock movies (granted, I've only seen 'Psycho' and 'The Birds') it was more suspenseful and kept you thinking. I was most impressed by Jimmy Stewarts performance. The man gives a stellar compelling performance from the confines of a wheelchair, he hardly moves throughout the entire movie. Impressive. We're watching 'Citizen Kane' on tuesday and that falls at number one on the list. I'll be able to knock out 2 more movies from the list thanks to this class: Jaws (56) and Tootsie (69).
Well, that's about it from here. I'm supposed to be filming my project for video production today, but I think Stephan got lost on his way back from Treetops...
[edit 4:33]
it's getting dark, if it's too dark to film this I'm going to be tres annoyed and someone is going to suffer for that...
[edit 5:02]
Oh he will pay for this. He will pay for this dearly...
Monday, February 11, 2008
Ok, so it may have been one of the easiest goals on the list, but I finally finished one. Only 100 to go! Now that I finally have Final Cut Studio loaded onto my external hard drive (which my sister has named Steve) I can begin tackling number 18. That one's going to take some time. I went to yoga with Raven tonight. I could see that becoming a Monday night ritual, hello number 3! I'm really bad at this blogging thing. Don't even get me started on video blogging. I just don't think anyone is really going to be interested in what I have to say. Oh well, maybe someone out there will feel a kinship towards me and... something... will happen... *shrug*. I'm going to try to get into the habit of posting on a more regular basis, not just when I complete a goal. I'm not sure what the next goal will be, number 70 just kind of fell into my lap. I was home, I had money and a gift certificate to BestBuy, I found Steve. Now we are in love.
In other news, auditions for the Masque' spring show start tomorrow. Picasso at Lapin Agile. I know very little about the show except that it was written by Steve Martin. Apparently that's all a show needs to be picked by the Masque. You say 'Steve Martin' and people cream there pants. "A Steve Martin play?! Where do I sign up?". Nobody takes into account things like 'Is this show any good?' 'Does this show accommodate the terribly skewed gender division in the Masque?'. I don't know about the first one, but the second answer is 'No, no you girls are pretty much fucked this semester, thanks for playing'. In an 11 person cast there are 4 female roles. Granted, this is pretty similar to The Philadelphia Story last year. But that show... kind of sucked. Let's be honest. It's a great movie, but the show leaves much to be desired. And unfortunately, I don't think there are any random slutty/maid/ slutty maid roles for me to fill. Typecasting, you know? I believe in method acting. Ok, I've begun to ramble. Long story short (it's a little late for that), auditions are tomorrow, I don't have high hopes. I'll accept any role, but I wont be crushed if I denied a chance to work with the illustrious Tom Reing again.
Cut. Print. That's a wrap.
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